‘The Mentalist’ season 6, episode 19 review: ‘Brown Eyed Girls’ entertains, frustrates
“The Mentalist” is coming close to the end of the sixth season, and we find ourselves extremely conflicted right now. Even though we know just what direction the show is heading in when it comes to the Jane / Lisbon relationship, it doesn’t quite make the process of getting there any more palatable at all.
First of all, we understand why the show is dragging its feet when it comes to giving you answers on the Jane / Lisbon relationship. It’s a syndicated, procedural drama. It giving us that multi-part ending to the Red John storyline earlier this year an anomaly rather than something that is going to happen here on a regular basis. Most of the time, the show is going to be much more intent to just have isolated storylines with just a hint of something that can be relevant in the long-term. As a fan of the show, you really just have to be able to accept that, and then move on. It’s just hard when you know that there could only be a few episodes left in the entire series.
The actual story itself of “Brown Eyed Girls” was solid, and there were some genuinely funny moments between Jane and Abbott. We were also glad to see Cho have something more to do, since he and Kim Fischer have been practically forgotten about the past few weeks. (Granted, Kim was never that intriguing of a character on the show in the first place following “My Blue Heaven.”)
At times, it is clear that the show is still struggling to find its stakes now that Red John is over, and outside of Jane and Lisbon, we hope that there is a formation of a new Big Bad next season … if that happens. For now, let’s just say that this was a typical “Mentalist” episode that didn’t give us enough Jane / Lisbon progress, even if he is probably not feeling too great about how he handled the news that she could be moving to DC. Grade: C+.
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Mamdani
April 28, 2014 @ 4:26 pm
I was moved by Janes reaction when Lisbon told him she was thinking of moving. How sweet he was and then his expression when he alone. I love this show. I hope another network buys it. I think getting the two of them together would be a mistake. I like it when couples get together, like Bones and Castle, but these two seem firmly in the best friend zone to me.